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Born November 16, 1758 • Vordingborg • Denmark • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died April 30, 1841 (aged 82) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members son Johan Ludvig Heiberg
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Leif Panduro
Danish writer
Wessel, Johan Herman
Johan Herman Wessel
Danish author
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Henrik Hertz
Danish author
Ludvig Holberg
Ludvig Holberg, Baron Holberg
Scandinavian author
Paulding, James Kirke
James Kirke Paulding
American writer
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James Crerar Reaney
Canadian writer
Johannes Ewald, engraving by Johan Frederik Clemens, 1779.
Johannes Ewald
Danish poet
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
Danish author
Hauch, Johannes Carsten
Johannes Carsten Hauch
Danish author
Drachmann
Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann
Danish author
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Klaus Rifbjerg
Danish writer
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Gustav Wied
Danish author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
John Gay
British author
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
American author
Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Émile Verhaeren
Belgian poet

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